The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Ibn Ezra
מחליק He that smootheth. Comp. חלק smooth (Gen. 27:11). פטיש Hammer. A well known instrument Comp. Jer. 23:29. הלם It is a noun derived from הלם to beat; comp. והלמה and she smote; it signifies the iron which is wrought by beating with the hammer. פעם The iron block, upon which the iron is hammered : the anvil; it is called פַעַם because of the beating upon it. It is also possible that the two words פעם הלם together signify one instrument. אמר לדבק טוב הוא Saying of the joining, It is good. Till the joining is good.
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